I had a plan...but hesitated to pursue it. Kasi naman palagi na lang ako ang nangsusurprise lang...hmph! But then 
buti na lang tinuloy ko pa rin, hehehe! So this is what happened.
We stayed in a hotel for our first 3 months here and because of that I registered to a certain hotel point system rewards where I get credited of number of points for each day of stay in that hotel or even to some other hotels which are part of their hotel group. An accumulated number of point can be redeemed for rewards (which you can choose from many options). For those in Dubai, this is similar with "Air Miles".
As of end of January, I already accumulated 70,000+ points which I can redeem for $350 Gift Cards from a wide selection of stores. So, I had an idea then! I was planning to use the GCs to buy my gift to Randy on Vday and his Bday! But it my mistake that I only called to redeem the points, 3 days before the Vday and 6 days before his Bday! The rep told me that it would take 2 to 4 weeks before the GCs will arrive. So I talked to almost all the reps to make it possible to ship the GCs asap! Then, they told me to pay $25 to expedite the shipment, so I paid.
On Feb 13, Randy texted me that there's a UPS note in front of our door telling him to pick up a certain package for me which they left at the leasing office of our apartment because no one's around when they came. So I told myself, "This must be it!". Randy had no idea. He got the package na but I still never told him about it. But then, he opened it, without telling me! (I was still in Indiana at this time and by the way, I chose GCs from Circuit City, a gadget store). I thought medyo may idea na...but then he was thinking pala na bibili ako ng flash with those GCs...so medyo kinabahan sya since flash nga ang gift nya sakin (see my previous post). On Friday night, when I arrived, he surprised me with his gift... but there, I also told him that the GCs are for him...hehehe! I am supposed to buy him PS3 and would just add extra on the total amount. To cut the long story short, we were able the PS3 he's been dying to have:
O diba, nakalibre ako ng gip! hehehe...Thanks to triprewards! Pero hindi pala, I was also forced to buy the TV kasi napag alaman namin na sobrang mahal ng wire na ginagamit nila dito to run the PS3 on laptop screen. Since we still don't have TV and dahil medyo nanlumo si Randy when he knew na hindi nya pa magagamit ang PS3, I had to use yung money na pinagbentahan ng TV namin sa Dubai to buy the new TV...anyway, that's the main use of it, right?!? hehehe...
P.S. Now, I'm again earning points in my triprewards account...hmmm... sana nga redeemable to cash na lang ang points para magamit ko rin to pay the utilities, rent, etc, hahaha...parang naging income ko na ang points :)
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